So how does Walker, having had almost unbroken control of all branches of the government, and having used every tax-cutting, targeted spending, subsidy-offering trick in the GOP playbook to boost employment confront the true facts as tries to sell his record to national audiences?

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Many of the LLCs are being formed to hold the assets and operations of corporations so that the Manufacturing Tax credit can be passed through to the personal income tax filings of the owners--no additional employees, just less tax revenue for Wisconsin.

"Walker spoke to reporters Friday after addressing voters at an event for U.S. Rep. Rod Blum (R-Iowa). He told them that if he runs for president, he will campaign in Iowa up until November 2016 — and not just through the state's crucial caucus in the early part of the year.

"We wouldn't be here just for the caucus," Walker said. "We'd be back here for the full haul all the way through November of 2016 because I think it's important that if a Republican is going to win the presidency, the path to win the presidency for a Republican comes through the Midwest."

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The right, suburbanites say "No light rail for Milwaukee."

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